Téléphérique du Salève

46°09′46″N 6°11′21″E

View from the descending car towards the base station

The Téléphérique du Salève is a passenger cable car providing access to the top of the Salève in Haute-Savoie, France, overlooking the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The cable car is operated by a joint venture between RATP (through its subsidiary RATP Dev), Transports Publics Genevois, and COMAG (a subsidiary of lift manufacturer Poma).[1]

History

The cable car was inaugurated in 1932, replacing a now-disused rack railway,[2] for which one of the tunnels can still be seen walking up. Delayed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, It was shut down from 2021 to 2023 for refurbishment.[3][4] The projected cost is 12 million euros.[5]

Features

The base station in Étrembières is at an altitude of 432m, while the top station at 1097m. The cable car climbs very steeply due to the near-vertical face of the ridge, with an ascension of 665m in an overall length of 1172m.^[citation needed]

The cabins can hold up to 60 people each.^[citation needed]

References

1. "Le groupe RATP, via sa filiale RATP Dev, renouvelé pour l'exploitation du Téléphérique du Salève pour 12 ans". RATP DEV. 2019-03-05. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
2. Lepère, Gérard (1992). "Le chemin de fer du Salève". Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie. 132 (1): 19–50. doi:10.3406/globe.1992.1302.
3. Dutheil, Arnaud (2022-04-15). "La reconnaissance et la protection d'un patrimoine franco-suisse : le téléphérique du Salève". In Situ. Revue des patrimoines (in French) (47). doi:10.4000/insitu.34604. ISSN 1630-7305.
4. Renard, Florence (2020-10-22). "La cure de jouvence du téléphérique du Salève reportée d'un an". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
5. Mielot, Gilles (2022-06-03). "Pose de la première pierre au téléphérique du Salève". www.lemanbleu.ch (in Swiss French). Retrieved 2022-08-15.

External links

• (in French) Official site